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Garda cars ‘not enough’ – Lynam  keith bellew

A SWORDS councillor has said that the latest allocation of Garda vehicles is not enough to tackle crime in the north Dublin area.

This follows the announcement that the Dublin Metropolitan North Garda region is to receive three new Garda vehicles in the coming weeks, bringing the number of new vehicles for the region this year to 12.

Staff numbers in the region have

dropped by 20% over the past five years, and Cllr Philip Lynam (SF) said that while any additional resources are to be welcomed, he believes three cars is not enough and 30 would be a more suitable allocation.

He said: “It’s a highly populated area to cover, and to tackle antisocial behaviour and burglaries, we would need treble what is out there.”

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Howzat for a pair! Little pals take part in a fun cricket blitz EVEN a sprinkling of light rain didn’t leave Oscar Miller and Cillian Connolly stumped when it came to enjoying a charity cricket blitz in Malahide recently, in aid of the LauraLynn Foundation. With Ireland’s first children’s hospice to

support, five teams took part in the blitz, with Malahide Lawn Tennis Club claiming first place. Overall, the event raised €730, including a private donation of €150 adding to the support for the charity’s vital services. Picture: Stephen Fleming

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labour Union attacks Sinn Fein claim of ‘worker exploitation’

SIPTU defends its Gateway arrangement SIPTU has hit back at Sinn Fein councillors in Fingal following their criticism of the Gateway scheme.

Gateway is a project in which people on the Live Register are recruited to work on council schemes and receive a small supplement to their social welfare payments.

Cllr Malachy Quinn (SF) said Gateway workers in Fingal have told him that they feel that they are being exploited and are not being adequately represented by SIPTU. He said: “They’re pay-

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ing SIPTU union subs, so you have a situation where SIPTU are taking €2 [per worker] from the workers and a percentage of that is financing the Labour Party. They feel that they’re being exploited.”

SIPTU representative Matt Henry, who works with Gateway partici-

pants, said SIPTU refutes this completely and has extended an invitation to any councillor who is critical of the scheme to come out and see it firsthand.

He said: “There are 215 Gateway staff in Fingal [County Council]; the majority are members of SIPTU and they pay a reduced rate. They are organised, they have their own shop steward and we have negotiated their welfare facilities, and their training.

“They get the Safe Pass [qualification], they get the Manual Handling [qualification], they get health and safety training where it’s needed, they get driving experience.”

He added that from September on they will be able to avail of a Return to Learning training, which is available to full time council staff, and allows them to take the Junior and/or Leav-

On its work with Gateway participants in Fingal, SIPTU rejected Sinn Fein claims that people “don’t feel they’re being represented sufficiently”

ing Certificate examination.

Henry said: “We’ve negotiated with Fingal County Council to allow them to avail of that training, so to say that we are not representing them is not true. If they are interested, I challenge any councillor to come around to any scheme and I’ll show them and introduce them to the Gateway staff.”

He added that SIPTU has an agreement with the council that Gate-

way workers will be given strong consideration for any job that becomes available in the council.

“Four Gateway staff have already got jobs in Fingal County Council, at the minute there is recruitment going on and we hope that up to ten more Gateway staff will be employed in fulltime positions.

“I really don’t know where Cllr Quinn got his notion, he’s never contacted us. He’s making a political statement at the

expense of vulnerable people.

“I am a union person all my life and I would not be involved with any type of exploitation of workers. We protect them, whereas Sinn Fein can sit on a fence and pose all the questions without giving any answers,” said Henry.

In response, Cllr Quinn said: “Having spoken to some people on the Gateway scheme, this is the feedback that I got. I can only go by

what people involved in the scheme have told me, and they informed me that they are only gaining an extra €20 a week, and subs are being taken off them for the union, and they don’t feel they’re being represented sufficiently.”

He went on to say that it’s great that a number of Gateway participants have been hired by the council, but representations he received from participants have been negative.

Childers targets Minister over Howth  keith bellew

THE Department of the Environment has said it is not responsible for the protection of the heathlands on East Mountain, Howth.

This follows the lodging of a formal complaint to the European Commission against Environment

Minister Alan Kelly and Fingal County Council

by Dublin MEP Nessa Childers (Ind).

Childers has accused both parties of failure to adequately protect the heathlands, which are part of the Howth Special Amenity Area. A special amenity area order was put in place in 2000 fol-

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lowing an extensive local campaign to oppose building in the Howth hills.

Building is prohibited there under the order.

Childers said: “It is my contention that the State, should take a stronger and more proactive role in protecting the area, and central to my complaint is the preservation of the open heathland on East Mountain.

“This is of concern because since 2011 fencing has been installed on heathland and remained uncontested by the local authority, despite being

contrary to the terms of the Howth Special Amenity Area Order.”

She said it was necessary to police the order as it would be an immense loss to Irish and European habitats it it were to disappear due to “inertia in the face of private interests”.

A Department spokesperson said special areas of conservation, special protected areas, natural heritage areas and the implementation of the Habitats Directive generally were not a matter for the Environment Minister, but the responsibility of

the Heritage Department.

A council spokesperson said it would provide any necessary information to the Government and the European Commission about the matter.

“The council has, and continues to play a strong role with other local interests in the protection and promotion of the Howth Special Amenity Order area,” said the spokesperson.

The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht did not respond to requests for comment.

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park: Attack on tourists promots calls for better security in area

Life in Dublin is a picnic

Full-time warden won’t be provided  keith bellew

A FULL-TIME park warden will not be provided at Swords Park as the council believes the park is generally very safe, and park wardens or rangers are not authorised to enforce the law.

This comes on the back of calls by Cllr Joe Newman (Ind) for a full-time park warden to be provided at Swords Park following an incident in May in which three US tourists were mugged. One of the tourists sustained a fractured shoulder in the incident.

Cllr Newman asked chief executive Paul Reid to provide the necessary resources to ensure that a park warden is installed

to provide security to park users and visitors alike.

He said: “The park is well used and a great facility to have. Unfortunately, recently a couple of foreign visitors were attacked and mugged in the park on a Sunday afternoon, resulting in injuries to the visitors.”

Swords is currently trying to attain Purple Flag status, which is an accreditation process similar to Green Flag and Blue Flag awards, for parks and beaches, respectively.

Purple Flag status is given to town centres that meet or surpass the standards of excellence in managing the evening and night-time economy.

“Given that we are trying to be awarded a Purple Flag and encourage tourism, it is imperative we take all necessary actions to make people feel safe in their town,” said Cllr Newman.

A spokesperson from the council said the ranger service was flexible and could be easily deployed to different locations, but added that rangers were not authorised to enforce the law and could only report breaches of park bye-laws, which do not include robbery and assault. The spokesperson said the park was considered to be very safe and the incident in question “should in no way impact on visitors to the town park”.

Foodie heaven: Fresh new choices served up to shoppers in Swords pictured at the launch of the all new-look SuperValu in Swords

recently are Peggy Lethaway, Roz Purcell and Katherine Allen at the launch of the all new-look SuperValu in Swords receently.

Renowned foodie Purcell gave one of her inspiring cookery demonstration to mark the official unveiling of the newly revamped store in the Pavilions Shopping Centre. Roz dished out hints and tips to lucky shoppers on how to make healthy food taste delicious using the best fresh ingredients, including a range of fresh vegetables, meat and other food, which are available at the newlook SuperValu.

THE top five picnic in Ireland spots are all located in Dublin, according to a recent survey carried out.

The Phoenix Park came in at number one, with 40% of the vote, while Ardgillan Castle in Skerries was voted the second most popular picnic location in the county, with 30% of the votes.

The poll, which was conducted as part of Keogh’s potato and crisps Perfect Picnic campaign, also found that with 15% of the vote, St Stephen’s Green ranked as the third best place to enjoy a summer picnic.

This was followed by Newbridge House in Donabate with 10% of the vote and Iveagh Gardens in the ciyt centre with 5%.

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crime Allocation of 12 vehicles not enough, says councillor

Call for more Garda cars in north Dublin A SWORDS councillor has said the latest allocation of Garda vehicles was not enough to tackle crime in the north Dublin area.

T h i s f o l l ow s t h e announcement that the Dublin Metropolitan North Garda region, which serves Fingal, is to receive three new Garda vehicles in the coming weeks, bringing the number of new vehicles for the region this year to 12.

Staff numbers in the region, which covers Balbriggan, Garristown, Lusk, Rush, Skerries, Malahide, Swords,

Howth, Coolock, Clontarf, Raheny, Ballymun, Santry and Dublin Airport Garda stations, have dropped by 20% over the past five years.

The number of gardai operating in the area has been reduced from 825 in 2010 to 673 in 2015, which amounts to the loss of almost a fifth of the force.

However, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said that recruitment was recommenced nationwide in September 2014 and is set to continue steadily.

Cllr Philip Lynam (SF) said that while any additional resources were to be welcomed,

he believed three cars was not enough and 30 would be a more suitable allocation.

He said: “It’s not enough to tackle crime, which is actually increasing at the moment.

“I’m hearing in my clinics and from meeting people on the street about different break-ins that are happening and it’s across the board in the whole Fingal area.

It really should be 30 instead of three.”

He went on to say it was necessary for Garda cars to travel from Swords to Coolock or vice versa when responding to priority cases, which left criminals with plenty of

time to escape.

He also cited the close proximity of Donabate and Portrane to the motorway, saying burglars can strike and make their escape very quickly.

“It’s a highly populated area to cover, and to tackle antisocial behaviour and burglaries we would need treble what is out there. ” Deputy Alan Farrell (FG), who is a member of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, said the additional vehicles would help the fight against crime in local communities throughout Fingal.

He said: “Nine cars

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A scarcity of Garda cars is allowing criminals to get away, according to politicians

have been issued to the region so far this year with three due to be issued in the coming weeks.

“Our local gardai will be really bolstered by this influx of new vehicles, which is part of the Government’s comprehen-

sive plan to fight crime.

“As well as increasing the number of Garda vehicles, we are bringing more gardai out from behind the desks and out onto our streets.”

He went on to echo Minister Fitzgerald’s

commitments on increasing Garda resources, citing the reopening of Templemore Garda training college and the legislation currently being prepared, which will see harsher penalties for repeat burglars.

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amenity

Removal of disused phone kiosks makes streets more attractive

Council praised for mini-makeover of Swords  keith bellew

A SERIES of minor works announced in March as part of a mini-makeover for Swords Main Street are proceeding well with several works completed, including the hanging of flower baskets and contain-

ers, and the removal of disused phone kiosks.

A number of other projects are ongoing, including the renewal of road lining and reinstatement of paving with temporary patching.

The Purple Flag project to promote Swords as an area

of excellence in managing the evening and night-time economy, is also ongoing.

Works scheduled to begin this month include the opening of a Fingal Tourism information kiosk and the opening of Swords Castle during the Swords summer festival on

July 17, 18 and 19.

Cllr Duncan Smith (Lab) said it was great to see progress being made. He commended Fingal County Council for its efforts. “I took a walk down Main Street [recently] and the baskets and the planters looked absolutely amazing.

It really lifted the entire Main Street, it looked the best it’s ever looked in my time living in Swords. Congratulations to the operations department for getting this work done and ongoing so quickly; it looks fantastic.”

Other plans include plac-

ing information and artwork depicting Swords Castle on traffic light boxes, the launch of a Swords audio guide and guided medieval walks. A community archaeological project will take place around Swords Castle from August 10 to midSeptember.

Fashion show raises money to fight rheumatic condition LOCAL women Nicole and Shauna Spain recently raised €700 for Fibro Ireland through a charity fashion show at the Wright Venue in Swords in aid of fibromyalgia.

The mother-and-daughter duo run Flutterby Fashion Styling, a fashion, make-up and blogging school based in Swords, along with popular blog www. flutteronby.ie.

Nicole was diagnosed with fibromyalgia about a year ago and has since wanted to raise awareness for the condition.

Fibromyalgia is a rheumatic condition characterised by muscular or musculoskeletal pain with stiffness and tender-

ness at specific points in the body.

The show was a huge success with many well-known faces coming out to show support, including Fair City’s Dave O’Sullivan.

Clothes from Reload, Next, Vero Moda, Diesel, Dunnes, Penneys, Posche Malahide, Manilla Boutique, Starla, Macdoll Boutique, Love Suits and Change Lingerie styled by Nicole herself featured in a show co-ordinated

by Shauna. There was a raffle and cupcakes from Jens Couture Cakes. Nicole thanked all who supported the event.

For more information on fibromyalgia see www.fibroireland.com

Velvet Strand, Portmarnock, has an excellent standard of water quality, under EU rules. Picture: William Murphy

water quality: Website helps public pick a beach

Do your research before taking a dip  keith bellew

BEACHGOERS in Fingal are being advised by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to check the standard of water quality at county beaches before they take a dip.

Six of the nine European Union identified bathing waters in Fingal achieved compliance with the new stricter standards of excellent or good bathing water quality, according to the most recent EPA report.

Those waters that were deemed to meet the

excellent standard rating included Balcarrick Beach, Donabate; Velvet Strand Beach, Portmarnock; The Brook Beach, Portrane; and Burrow Beach, Sutton.

Water quality at South Beach, Rush, was reported as being of poor quality.

However, an EPA spokesperson said this was based on an assessment covering results from 2011 to 2014, and the current water quality at South Beach was “generally very good”.

Bathers in Fingal can check current bathing water quality using the

Splash website, http:// splash.epa.ie/ The website has an interactive, colour-coded map that allows people to check out any of the 136 EU-identified bathing waters.

Before deciding on the best place to swim, bathers can find the latest reported information on water quality, and check for bathing water warnings or notifications in place at their chosen location.

Peter Webster, senior environmental scientist at the EPA, said: “We would hope that all visitors to beaches in Fingal

can enjoy good quality bathing water and clean modern facilities, knowing that their health and the environment are being protected.

“Splash can help families, holiday makers and bathers in Fingal by providing current information on identified bathing waters and the latest water quality at their local beaches.”

He added that beachgoers could report incidents of dumping and other acts that are harmful to harm the environment by downloading the See it, Say it app from www.epa.ie

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don’sdublin Guinness family’s reputation continues to grow and grow THE Guinness family has played an important role in many aspects of Dublin life, and its influence on the development of St Anne’s Park was considerable and lasting. For almost a hundred years they were innovators in garden layout, and the park is one of the last great demesnes in Ireland.

The brothers Benjamin Lee and Arthur Jnr took up residence in Thornhill (as it was then known) in 1835, but demolished the old house and built a new house called St Anne’s. It was named after a holy well on the property, and Benjamin and his new wife, Elizabeth, lived there from 1837. But it was their son, Lord Ardilaun, and his wife Olivia who extended the property and built many of the unique features, including the follies, the Red Stables and various walks, that attract visitors.

At its height St Anne’s consisted of 500 acres.

When Lady Ardilaun died the property passed to her nephew, Bishop Plunkett. He sold it in 1939 to Dublin Corporation for £55,000 and retained Sybil Hill and about 30 acres of parkland – now St Paul’s College. Lord Ardilaun was fascinated by Italian/ Roman history and many of the follies reflect this.

Among them you can find a Roman tower, a Herculaneum house and a Pompeiian temple. Others include the beautiful clock tower, the Shell House, the Rustic Grotto and the Hermit’s Cave.

One of the most popular features is the Rose Garden. This was opened in 1975 and since 1981 has been a centre for International Rose Trials. Following on from this the Rose Festival (held in July) has become a rose-lover’s favourite.

The vivid Red Stables that Lord Ardilaun built now houses a craft centre and the Tir na nOg restaurant. A market is held in the courtyard each weekend and, weather permitting, the stalls are set-up outside on the grass. Check it out – there is plenty to do.

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St Anne’s Park: One of its most popular features is the Rose Garden which was opened in 1975

fingal Weekend events had something for all the family

65,000 attend fourth annual show  keith bellew

MORE than 65,000 people descended on Newbridge House and Farm in Donabate over the weekend of June 27 and 28 for the fourth instalment of the annual Flavours of Fingal county show.

Attendees had an opportunity to savour

delicious dishes as they wandered through the walled garden food village, which was lined with food stalls from top local food producers.

There was live entertainment on stage for all the family, with performances by magicians and street entertainers.

In the farm and equestrian area, Ireland’s best

groomed cattle and sheep competed in the highly contested livestock competitions.

This area also featured an equestrian show of hunt chases, show jumping, dressage and other activities.

New to the farm area was the crafts and artisan food pavilion, complete with cupcake work-

shops by Robyn’s Nest Cookery School and the Irish Home Cook semifinals.

The winner of that competition will go on to compete at the Tullamore Show finals on August 9.

An array of vintage cars and farming vehicles was displayed at the vintage show, which was a

new addition and proved immensely popular.

Kids were well catered for at the interactive kids zone, where children got to try their hands at the archaeological experience, Big Dig, view cycling skills at the Irish Centre for Cycling, and get some exercise through iKids, a kids’ fitness programme.

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Lynda O’Neill and Therese Farrell. Pictures: Ronan O’Sullivan

Cast members Siobhan McDonald, Michelle O’Hara, Emma Downey, Sandra Murphy and Michael Keane Vivienne Kavanaugh

Emma Downey

theatre: malahide group stage two short plays

Acting out some personal dramas T Una McGinty and Marissa Magner

O STAGE one play is challenging enough, but to stage two requires expert attention and management. Luckily, the players of Malahide Musical and Dramatic Society were more than up to the challenge as they staged two one-act plays at the ALSAA centre near Swords recently, with the actors comfortably making

the roles their own.

The first play, Galway Girl, followed the eponymous girl and her life in London, far from home, which she had left originally to marry a Dublin man. The second play, The Donohue Sisters, was set in an attic with three siblings who had come home to care for their sick father – but a dark secret was set to be exposed at

their gathering ...

Written by Geraldine Aron, and directed by Lynda O’Neill, the plays explored some very different themes but, thanks to the reliably skilled members of the popular society, delivered some great, thought-provoking theatre. The plays were another notable achievement for the long-running society.

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Mary Keogh, Marian Farrell and Marie Kelly

Kirstin Smith and Bobby McWilliams

Irene Lawlor and Melissa O’Hara

Ken McLean, Rita Conway and Joe Murphy

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Whisked away for a whiskey I

rish Distillers Pernod Ricard was delighted to launch Midleton Dair Ghaelach in the delightful surroundings of the Intercontinental Hotel in Ballsbridge. The new single pot still is the result of a six-year exploration by the Midleton masters using native oak to mature the Irish whiskey. Guests were introduced to Midleton Dair Ghaelach by whiskey experts, followed by a tasting and a barrel demonstration by fifth generation cooper Ger Buckley outside in the hotel’s courtyard. Attendees included tailor Louis Copeland, comedian Oliver Callan, Daniel Ristea from the Romanian Embassy and members of the Irish Whiskey Society, who enjoyed an evening of rich flavour and entertainment provided by Drazen Derek.

Willie Murphy, Luke Gough and Peter White at the launch of Midleton Dair Ghaelach Single Pot Whiskey at The Intercontinental Hotel in Ballsbridge. Pictures:Brian McEvoy

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what’son Celebrating 10 years of good health THE Laya Healthcare City Spectacular celebrates its 10th anniversary this July with a multitude of great free events for all the family in Merrion Square.

Over the years, the festival has seen 14,000 people breaking the Where’s Wally World Record, 1,500 people bouncing on space hoppers, a custard pie throwing championship, rainbow disco and hundreds of jawdropping street performers from all over the world.

Anna Daly, model and television presenter for Ireland AM, gets the boring household chores out of the way before having quality family time

day in the life: a lesson in juggling family, friends and job

It’s an early start for Anna  ian begley

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Anna Daly, Irish model and television presenter for Ireland AM, has quite the non-conventional day-to-day life, as one can imagine.

Having to get up at 4.30am every morning for work while trying to look after two children is certainly a hectic day in the life.

“I get up at 4.30 every morning. I don’t have breakfast before I leave the house, but usually have whatever I can grab when I get into the studio at about 5.30am.

“At the moment, I’m trying to be

healthy and have a nutrient bullet each morning, which is a blended drink with lots of fruit and vegetables. Then during the show someone will usually be cooking something tasty which I always claim first dibs on. I try to be disciplined but it’s very hard when there’s so much great food being made.

“After the show, we have a production meeting and talk about the following days show, then I usually just go back to my desk and reply to my emails and organise my wardrobe for the next day.”

Daly, who has worked with Ireland AM for six years, is set to leave on July 2 to prepare for her new Thursday-Sunday

morning show which airs on July 29.

“I’ll be doing a four-day week now, which will give me a better opportunity to spend time with my family.

“When I leave the TV3 studios at about lunchtime, I go back to my home in Wicklow and do all the boring householdy stuff. I try to get out for a walk along the beach before I collect the kids. Otherwise, I would just grab a coffee with my friends or whoever is around.

“I then collect my two boys, who are two and three and when my husband gets home we spend some quality time together.

“My husband is more of a cook than

I am, but I’ll probably have more of an opportunity to improve with the free time I’ll have in the next couple of weeks.”

Asked if she is into any type of mainstream entertainment like watching movies on Netflix, Daly said: “I haven’t got Netflix yet, but Orange is the New Black is definitely on my list of things to watch. I’ve interviewed the stars of the show recently and they were so cool, so I gotta check it out.

“My evening times are reserved for hanging out with my friends, children or husband. I should be in bed by 9.30pm but realistically I don’t hit the hay until about 10.30pm.”

Spectacular This year’s free City Spectacular takes place over July 10-12 and will feature a 34-time Guinness World Record holding sword swallower, metal barbending strong woman, fast-footed football freestyler and children’s workshops in science, theatre, music and art.

Laya Healthcare remains as title sponsor of the festival, and is focusing on children’s health and wellbeing at this year’s event.

For the full programme of fun activities and excitement at Laya Healthcare’s City Spectacular check out www.cityspectacular. com.

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Steaks are high The eagerly awaited shor tlist for the Great Carvery of the Year awards has been announced this week and two Dublin venues are among the finalists.

The Grange pub in Deansgrange Road, Dublin and the 51 Bar in Dublin 4 have both been shortlisted in the

Great Carvery Pub of the Year category.

The public created the shor tlist by voting for their favourite car ver y venue and a team of mystery shoppers will soon visit the shortlisted venues.

Finalists will be invited to attend the grand final in Dublin

in September when the provincial winners and overall winners of the Great Carvery Pub of the Year and Great Carvery Hotel of the Year will be revealed.

T h e ove r a l l w i n ning venues will each receive PR and marketing support to the value of €4,500. The winners

Winners of the Leinster Great Carvery Hotel of the Year 2014 were the Bracken Court Hotel, Balbriggan.

Pictured (l-r) are Jim Reeves, customer service director, Unilever Food Solutions; Rory Keogh; Noel Marrey, both Bracken Court Hotel; rugby ace Tommy Bowe; Lenka Schneiderova; Eddie Lynch, both Bracken Court Hotel, and Mark McCarthy, business development chef at Unilever Food Solutions. Picture: Maura Hickey

will also receive a specially-commissioned wall plaque stating that they are the 2015 winners.

and will build on the significant growth that Colm has already created within that slot,” he said.

Eoghan McDermott in the driving seat

a unique offshore offering for sailors

RTE 2FM presenter Eoghan McDermott is to take over the evening Drivetime slot from Colm Hayes from September onwards.

Commenting on his new role, Eoghan said he is honoured to be selected for the role, particularly considering the fact that he will be taking over from Colm Hayes who he described as “legendary”.

“I look forward to wooing the audience with my original beat poetry. Failing that, a socially reflective, big tune pumping, mischief-making hotpot is the order of the day,” he said.

Head of 2FM, Dan Healy said McDermott has been selected as he is one of the country’s best up-and-coming radio presenters; and listeners have reacted very positively to him in his other on air roles.

“Eoghan has proven himself both here and in the UK both on radio and TV. He is a dynamic and creative presenter

The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) in London and Dublin’s headquarters Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association (ISORA) have joined forces to offer a unique offshore offering to Irish Sea sailors in July.

The Lyver Race from Liverpool on Friday, July 3 forms part of the offshore series of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta (VDLR) and kick starts another intense period of offshore racing in the Irish Sea that follows on from May’s Isle of Man offshore weekend and the just finished Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race.

RORC medallions will be presented by the commodore of RORC, Dubliner Michael Boyd, in the National Yacht Club immediately after race results are issued.

The VDLR will then take place the following week from July 9 to 12 with world class sailing, food, entertainment and spectacular views of Dublin Bay.

b a ll e t sch o o l will keep you on your toes

don’t ink twice about getting to expo

Budding ballet dancers have the opportunity to learn about a career in dance by working with Ballet Ireland’s summer school this July.

Ballet Ireland, the National Ballet of Ireland, return to the Civic Theatre in Tallaght to work with local little dancers to show them how the company’s professional dancers create a ballet.

This year’s show will be the Brothers’ Grimm tale, The Frog Prince.

The Summer School will take place in Tallaght’s Civic Theatre from July 20 to 24 and the programme is open to everyone from the age of six and over.

Dance training is not a requirement to take part.

Participants at the summer school will learn how to become par t of the creative process by helping to devise the choreography, create sets and costumes.

The programme costs €80 per student or €70 per student for two children from the same family.

Call (01) 4627477 for more information.

B ody a r t i s m o r e popular than ever and this year Dublin is set to become the meeting place for the international masters of tattoo art.

The Body Art Expo will take place over two days from July 4 to 5 at The Helix and at the event everyone will have the opportunity to get tattooed and pierced by the best and leading tattoo artists from around the world.

Tattoo ar tists will also be showcasing the original traditional instruments used by tribal cultures to create tattoos.

Over the two -day event there will be entertainment including body painting, fire shows, concerts, dj’s, body suspension, dance shows and tattoo competitions.

There will also be a chance to learn how to create a tattoo by using a banana skin on the Banana Ink stand and the Expo will be guesting one of the most recognisable tattoo model Makani Terror.

For more information on the expo you can log onto www.bodyartexpodublin.com

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FEATURE escape the mayhem: Trevor Hogan on taking a break

Hobbies have no hold for man on a mission

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Former Leinster Rugby and Ireland International, Trevor Hogan is currently working on a project called Gaza Kids to Ireland, organised by Gaza Action Ireland which will see children from Gaza travel to Ireland to play in a football tournament with children from Ireland.

Having hung up his boots a number of years ago he now divides his time between teaching secondary school his-

tory and working in support of various causes he believes in such as the plight of the Palestinian people in Gaza.

This week The Gazette spoke with Hogan about what he does to Escape the Mayhem of everyday life.

He said keeping up with current affairs and reading history are his two number one means of escape.

He went on to say that he doesn’t really have conventional hobbies and likes to pursue things

wholeheartedly rather than casually.

“Even the term hobby… it’s like something you’re not really interested in and you kind of do on the side.

“I’ve got to the stage now where I want to spend any time I have doing things I’m fairly passionate about, not just a stamp collection or something!” he said, adding: “I don’t really switch off, my wife gives out to me for not switching off.

“I always keep up-todate with what’s happen-

ing in current affairs, I always like to see what’s happening in the world and I’d be a big reader of history.”

He said what he finds most interesting about history is examining how governing powers assert themselves and how this has evolved from feudal times up to the present day.

His interest in current affairs ties in with this and he says that he prefers to get his information from alternative sources outside the mainstream, like American political commentator Noam Chomsky.

“The original one for me was Noam Chomsky, a lot of people would site him. He was just eye-opening for me and inspirational, especially in terms of [the situation in] Palestine which is something I am very interested in,” he said.

It is hoped that the Gaza Kids to Ireland tournament will be held in the summer of 2016.

For more information on the project see: www. gazaactionireland.ie

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Second lieutenant Herbert Justin Lemass

Wesley College student Katharine Woods recently travelled to Caterpillar Valley Cemetery in Longueval, France, to visit the grave of Herbert Justin Lemass, a Rathmines native killed in action at the Battle of the Somme in World War I. The trip is part of a national history project called My Adopted Soldier in which a student from each county is selected to research and commemorate a soldier from that county who fought and died in the Battle of the Somme.

T he Battle of the Somme, along with that of Gallipoli and Verdun is one of the most famous battles of the first World War. The severity of the fighting and the conditions for the men in the trenches has been well documented in the memoirs of men who took part and in the poetry of Somme veteran Wilfred Owen.

Irish soldiers played a large part in the prolonged engagement, particularly the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.

My Adopted Soldier is the brainchild of Donegal history teacher Gerry Woods who has visited the battlefield many times and wanted to commemorate all of the Irish men who lost their lives there.

Speaking to The Gazette, Katharine said: “I have always been really interested in history particularly the World Wars, I find it really interesting.

“I have a great uncle who died on the Somme as well, four days after Herbert was killed, so

I’ve got a family connection.”

She went on to say that she heard about the project through her his-

Second lieutenant Herbert Justin Lemass was born on February 24, 1897.

He was from a well-off

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‘This project is really important because a lot of the soldiers that we have been researching have been forgotten for 100 years’

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tory teacher at Wesley College, who suggested that Wesley students apply, adding that she was very surprised to have been selected to represent Dublin.

Catholic family living in Leeson Park in Rathmines. By 1916 his family had moved to No 3 Clifton Terrace in Monkstown. He was killed on October 23, 1916 in Gun

Pits, Somme, aged 19.

Lemass attended Blackrock College before studying medicine at Trinity College Dublin. It was here that he joined the officer training course for the British Army.

“He then went to Sandhurst Military Academy in Berkshire as a cadet, and had a really successful career there, and was granted a commission as second lieutenant in the regular army.

He was then gazetted to the Second Batallion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and arrived in France in June of 1916.

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a soldier

He was there for five months when he was killed, in October of 1916,” said Woods. “ W h a t ’s i n t e r e s ting about him is that his second cousin is [ f o r m e r Ta o i s e a c h ] , Sean Lemass, who was fighting in the GPO at the same as Herbert and his brother Edwin was fighting in the Somme, and they were around the same age,” she said, adding that she found the comparison between the two fascinating.

Sean Lemass is remembered and celebrated, whereas Herbert was forgotten by his family for 100 years and just wasn’t talked about.

He was completely forgotten until a couple of years ago when one

of his cousins found his documents in the attic.

This project is really important because a lot of the soldiers that we have been researching have been forgotten for 100 years, Ireland has erased the memory of the soldiers who died in World War I. I think it’s really i m p o r t a n t t h a t we remember them,” she said.

Finding information about a man who has been dead for almost 100 years and is buried in a foreign country is no easy task, but Woods said that once she got going the research became much easier.

“It took a while to get going. Luckily I have a number of people giving me advice and a helping

hand and I was able to find his second cousin who had all of the documents and photographs and information on him so it kind of snowballed from there, and I was able to find quite a lot,” she said.

During the trip Irish soil from each county was brought by each student and lain on the graves of the fallen, and commemoration ceremonies were held at the Thiepval Memorial and the Menin Gate.

Woods described the ceremonies as poignant saying: “I feel like I know my soldier at this stage because I have done so much research on him.”

For more information on the project, visit www. myadoptedsoldier.com

Former Taoiseach Sean Lemass, who was second cousin to Herbert Justin Lemass

Barretstown camp to hold an open day Barretstown, the speciallydesigned camp which provides therapeutic recreation programmes for children affected by serious illnesses and their families, is hosting its annual Open Day on Sunday, July 5 in

Barretstown Castle.

The charity is calling old and new supporters to come and see the castle and what the camp has to offer.

The open day will be packed with fun activities including

crazy golf, canoeing, bouncy castles, pony treks, petting farm, balloon making, face painting and much more with great competitions and prizes.

To find out more visit www. barretstown.org.

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opinion: the facts show the urgent need to tackle alcohol-related harm

We must face the real cost of drinking in Ireland today Alcohol Health Alliance Ireland (AHAI) is the first public health advocacy coalition formed on alcohol. It is a joint initiative established by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and Alcohol Action Ireland. It is chaired by Prof Frank Murray, president, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, who is also a gastroenterologist specialising in liver disease at Beaumont Hospital.

THE Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children, chaired by Deputy Jerry Buttimer (FG), has finished its work on the P ublic Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015.

T hey have recommended the introduction of a series of amendments to the Bill that can reduce the number of men, women and children in Ireland who die or are harmed by alcohol use.

These include setting a minimum unit price for alcohol, the inclusion of labels with health warnings, restrictions around the advertising of alcohol to children and young people, and the separation of its sale from everyday groceries.

There is evidence to show that all of these measures can help to significantly change our relationship with alcohol, save lives and free up our overwhelmed hospi-

tals in a significant way.

You will hear much about the “nanny state” and how a few people who drink irresponsibly are ruining it for everyone else. The facts tell a different story.

Alcohol consumption is on the rise again.

Research shows that about 80% of Irish adults consume alcohol, and more than half of those are classified as harmful high-risk drinkers.

Almost 10% of those who consume alcohol are dependent – and this rises to 15% among 18-24 year olds.

Doctors are increasingly caring for more than 200,000 chronic dependant drinkers with organ damage, cancers, cirrhosis and liver failure, heart failure and problems related to the brain and nervous system, and physical and mental health problems.

Some 1,500 hospitals beds are occupied every

night as a result of alcohol use. Alcohol is also a factor in half of all suicides in Ireland.

Every day, three people in Ireland die as a result of alcohol use – more than are killed on the roads.

Alcohol has been classified as carcinogenic, and linked to seven types of cancer. The European Cancer Code says there is no “safe” level. The more you drink, the higher your risk of cancer.

The way we drink alcohol in Ireland costs the state €3.7bn annually in providing healthcare, policing and other services. We know that alcohol harm not only affects the individual drinker, but also affects others around them, including family members, friends, co-workers and the wider community.

The lack of a progressive alcohol policy, to date, had resulted in children’s lives being blighted by alcohol misuse within their families contributing to parental addiction, financial difficulties, family breakdown, neglect and abuse.

Tackling alcohol pric-

Prof Frank Murray, chair of Alcohol Health Alliance Ireland – the first public health advocacy coalition formed on alcohol, which aims to tackle the damage that alcohol can cause individuals, families and wider society

ing is one of the most effective ways of reducing alcohol-related harm.

Setting a minimum unit price for alcohol will effectively target high-risk drinkers who consume the cheapest and strongest alcohol products, while having little or no effect on lowrisk drinkers.

The Bill can also help to reverse the worrying rise in the binge drinking culture in Ireland, which is a huge concern for the future health of our teenagers and young adults.

Alcohol Health Alliance Ireland – the first public health advocacy coalition formed on alcohol, believes the real cost of alcohol in Irish society must urgently be addressed.

Let’s grasp the opportunity to do something about this now by supporting the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill.

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the following AHAI members: Prof Frank Murray, president, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, and chair of Alcohol Health Alliance Ireland; Suzanne Costello, chief executive, Alcohol Action Ireland; Kathleen O’Meara, head of advocacy and communications, Irish Cancer Society; Cliona Loughnane, policy and research manager, Irish Heart Foundation; Mary Cunningham, director, National Youth Council of Ireland; Dr Ray Walley, president, Irish Medical Organisation; Dr John Hillery, director of communications and education, College of Psychiatrists of Ireland; Drugs.ie; Kieran Doherty, chief executive, Alcohol Forum; Dr Cate Hartigan, head

of health promotion and improvement, HSE; Laura Harmon, president, the Union of Students in Ireland; Greg O’Donoghue, vicepresident for welfare, Union of Students in Ireland; Catherine Brogan, executive director, Samaritans Ireland; Tanya Ward, chief executive, Children’s Rights Alliance; Etain Kett, public affairs and communications manager, Dental Health Foundation; Prof Joe Barry, Trinity College Dublin; Dr Hugh Gallagher, GP coordinator, HSE Addiction Service; Senator John Crown; Senator Jillian VanTurnhout; Senator MaryAnn O’Brien; Senator Lorraine Higgins, chair, the All Party Oireachtas Group on Alcohol Harm; Emma Champion, reg-

istered nurse, Dublin Simon Community; Dr Orla Crosbie, consultant hepatologist, Cork University Hospital; Dr Suzanne Cotter, specialist in public health medicine; Dr Siobhan Jennings, consultant in public health medicine; Prof Elizabeth Keane, dean, RCPI Faculty of Public Health; Dr Declan Whelan, dean, RCPI Institute of Occupational Health; Rolande Anderson, addiction counsellor; Dr Bobby Smyth, consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist, Cherry Orchard Hospital; Dr Stephen Stewart, Centre for Liver Disease, Mater Hospital; Prof Aiden McCormick, consultant hepatologist, St Vincent’s Hospital; Edith Geraghty, national communications officer, No Name Club.

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the producers: mel brooks’s hilarious musical is coming to dublin

The best, worst play ever

 ian begley

THE award-winning Broadway play The Producers is coming to the Bord Gais Energy Theatre from July 6 to 11 and features a riotous mix of eccentric characters and show-stopping songs that will have you toe-tapping your way through.

Featuring the all-time classic, Springtime For Hitler, The Producers may be the funniest, most renowned Broadway musical of all time and this brand-new production is destined to delight Irish audiences with its breathless combination of song, dance and laughter.

Impoverished by a string of flops, New York producer Max Bialystock recruits timid accountant Leo Bloom

to help him pull off Broadway’s greatest scam.

Together they aim to produce the worst show ever and run away to Rio with millions, but they learn that showbusiness can always find a way to kick you in the teeth ...

Based on Mel Brooks’ beloved Academy Award-winning movie, The Producers is a hilarious musical comedy that has taken Broadway and the West End by storm, winning a recordbreaking 12 Tony Awards and three Olivier Awards.

Award winning comedian Ross Noble will make his musical theatre debut in this production as Franz Liebkind: the short-fused, carrier pigeonkeeping former Nazi.

He is brought on board by Bialys-

tol (Cory English) and Bloom (Jason Manford) to help them in their plot to put on the worst musical of all time.

Speaking to The Gazette, Noble said that he is a huge fan of the show and for anyone who loves comedy, the chance to perform the work of Mel Brooks is amazing.

He said: “I’ve not played in the Bord Gais before, but the theatre looks great and I’m really looking forward to it.

“The musical is based on the original 1960s Mel Brooks film. It’s about a sleazy Broadway producer and his accountant who discovers that if they overfund the worst possible show that they can find, they can make a big profit.

“All they have to do is put on a show that is so bad and offensive that it’ll

close immediately. They reckon that everyone will think the money put into producing the show is gone, but in reality the producers will pocket the money for themselves.

“My character is basically a Hitlerloving ex-Nazi solider who now lives in New York and has written a play called, Spring Time With Hitler, which ironically becomes an overwhelming success.

“The show really does the film justice, and you are guaranteed solid laughs all the way through,” he said.

The Producers is coming to the Bord Gais Energy Theatre from July 6 to 11 with tickets on sale now from €20 to €60. For further information or to purchase tickets, see www.bordgaisenergytheatre.ie.

The Gazette Newspaper has teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for unwanted and abandoned dogs. Our Dog of the Week this week is Finn – a six-year-old male crossbreed. Finn is a beautiful boy that’s spent quite a bit of time at the Rehoming Centre now and requires lots of TLC (Time Love and Commitment) from his new owners.

He absolutely loves being engaged with the training team and loves human company and play in a nice quiet adult home where he receives all of the canine attention!

He’s a great eater and loves nothing more than a nice clean and tidy living environment to chill out in.

One look into this gorgeous boys sparkling eyes and you’ll be smitten. If you think you could offer Finn a loving home please contact Dogs Trust on 01-879 1000.

They are based in Finglas, just off exit 5 on the M50. Map and directions can be found on their website www. dogstrust.ie.

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of the L’Oreal Colour Trophy Young Colourist Award 2015 – with judge Daniel Galvin and presenter Amanda Byram

Success is a snip for winners at L’Oreal Colour Trophy 2015 SOUTH Dublin Hairdressers featured heavily in this year’s spectacular L’Oreal Colour Trophy 2015 Grand Final, which took place in the O’Reilly Hall in UCD after a twoyear absence on Monday, June 22.

Brown Sugar in Blackrock were overall winners on the night, with Peter Mark Cornelscourt coming runner-up.

This prestigious blacktie event showcased the best of emerging and established Irish hairdressers, while featuring the elite of international industry judges and show teams.

The evening started with a cocktail reception of Tanqueray Aviations and Ketel One French Martinis thanks to Diageo Reserve, and was followed by dinner and the awards.

The L’Oreal Colour Trophy is the longestrunning live hairdressing

competition in the world, celebrating its 49th anniversary in Ireland and 60th anniversary internationally.

L’Oreal Men’s Image Award was won by Davey Davey Mens, while the L’Oreal Young Colourist Award went to Conor Doyle, from Peter Mark in Dundrum.

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Connemara: a breathtaking part of the country

 Mimi Murray

The quaint Quay House, a Hidden Ireland house, is filled with a mix of beautiful antiques, books and furniture and is famous for its breakfasts

To my shame, I have not been to Connemara since I was a child, and even at that I can’t remember it.

This place is on the bucket list of many to visit, especially Americans who have seen the movies, read the books and are fascinated by the history of this bleak and beautiful part of Ireland.

Once you pass Galway City, the stretch of road gets narrower and you are heading into some of the most breath-taking and remotest parts of our little island.

We based ourselves in Clifden and stayed in the gorgeous and quaint Quay House, a Hidden Ireland house, just along the harbour.

This is a great base for all the things you might like to do whilst visiting Connemara.

There is Kylemore Abbey and its beauti-

ful walled garden, the national park with its scenic mountains, grasslands and bogs, Inishbofin Island or a drive (or walk for the more adventurous) around the Sky Road.

A Californian tourist we happened upon half way around the Sky Road loop had been on foot for four and a half hours.

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She said she set off for a stroll but got so sucked in and mesmerised by the beauty of the headland, that she just kept putting one foot in front of the other and now she wasn’t sure if she would make it back before dark.

So a lift was offered and graciously accepted by the American.

Of course, her grandmother was from Cork and she regaled us with tales of sing songs over a few whiskeys, back home in Santa Barbara.

Back in Clifden, there are plenty of restaurants to choose from, many of them serving fresh local fish and we booked a table in Mitchells.

Scallops, crab claws, haddock, cod and salmon all featured as well as some fat and juicy mussels which I went for.

Ever y thing was really fresh and staff very helpful with them going to great lengths to accommodate our little boy with some delicious fresh scampi.

Back at the Quay Ho u s e , t h e ow n e r s Paddy and Julia were preparing for an early departure, with a group of American tourists leaving for Shannon at 4am.

Paddy, who was one of the founding members of the Blue Book with Rosleague Manor, was busy making ham and cheese sambos for the departing guests.

Our little boy excitedly played with Banjo and Blossom, the cou-

ples gorgeous pugs, while we chatted with our entertaining hosts and we really felt like we were staying in a home from home.

The house is filled with a mix of beautiful antiques, books and furniture.

We stayed in a family room that had a small kitchen area, handy when away with small children.

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This place is famous for its breakfast, with haddock and poached egg, eggs benedict, fresh oysters and the obligatory full Irish all featuring.

If you want a place to stay that offers a relaxed vibe with some laid back luxury, whilst way out west I couldn’t recommend this place more.

Rooms start at €135 at Quay House including breakfast. For more see www.hiddenireland. com.

Tying the knot in Malta’s Phoenicia  ian begley

The five-star Phoenicia Hotel in Valletta is hosting Malta’s first civil unions fair for same-sex couples wishing to tie the knot.

The fair will take place at the landmark hotel on October 10 – 11, and will cater for the LGBT market, with a range of local suppliers offering specialist products and services.

The hotel’s expert wedding planner Chrystelle Doublesin boasts 12 years’ experience in the weddings industry and is looking forward to hosting more civil unions at the Phoenicia, following the change in Maltese legislation last year.

She said: “The Civil Unions Act officially became law in Malta last April, allowing same-sex couples to marry and

adopt children, but this will be the first weddings and honeymoons fair where gay couples planning to marry are fully catered for.

“Phoenicia has long been regarded as a leading wedding venue and has hosted Maltese society weddings for decades, as well as an ever growing number of weddings from Ireland, so we hope our new civil unions’ packages will

entice even more couples to celebrate their special day here.”

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Prices for civil union packages at Phoenicia Hotel start from just €1,130 for a small, stylish event for 10 guests to €5,300 for an elaborate, full-service package for up to 30 guests.

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Industry: ground floor cafe

Embracing global tastes Home and lifestyle concept store, Industry has added a ground floor cafe, offering fresh, tasty, healthy dishes to eat or take away from breakfast through to early evening.

Industry’s excellent eye for curated design and style has now been applied to their cafe menu which includes dishes inspired by global influences from the Middle East and across Europe, prepared by a team of in-house chefs.

Signature dishes include their homemade breakfast Bircher Muesli, made fresh each day with oats soaked overnight in apple juice and spices, topped with Greek yogur t, fresh strawberries, blueberries, mint, roasted hazelnuts and a dash of maple syrup.

Their own granola is

baked with coconut oil and grade A maple syrup to promote a healthier option.

Lunch centres around a daily changing range of colourful, tasty and healthy salads, soups, meat and fish dishes.

Prices range from €7.50 for a regular salad to €13.50 for a large salad with rare chargrilled marinated steak.

“The Middle Eastern influence in our menu is probably a direct influence from my home life,” said Marcus Mac Innes, managing director, Industry and Co. “My wife Kadija was born in Paris but is of Moroccan descent and we have always enjoyed using a hint of authentic North African and Middle Eastern flavours that work so well with the wealth of great Irish ingredients we have on

offer.

“You can inject such interesting colours, flavours and textures into simple healthy food using the right combination of fresh herbs, spices and a touch of creativity.”

In line with the industry philosophy of offering only the very best, the cafe’s coffee is sourced from Dublin-based Roasted Brown, the tea selection is by Wall and Keogh, and the already popular Hot Chocolate is a bespoke in-house creation.

Industry & Co is located at 41a/b Drury Street, Dublin 2l telephone 01 613 9111.

For further information, see www.industryandco.com; on Facebook, see IndustryDesign; on Twitter, search for @industryandco, and on Instagram, search for #IndustryDesign.

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Killarney is cancelled THE Killarney Festival of music and food has been cancelled. The festival was due to take place last weekend, but is thought to have been cancelled due to poor ticket sales.

The line-up included Duran Duran, Jools Holland and Texas. A spokesperson issued a statement that the cancellation is due to: “unforeseen circumstances”.

The announcement was made two days before the festival was due to take place.

Lunchtime concerts at Wood Quay DUBLIN City Council is due to run a series of free lunchtime concerts from the picturesque setting of Wood Quay from July 2 through to July 30.

The Wood Quay Summer Sessions will offer a contemporary mix of live acts playing acoustic music and will be happening each Thursday from 1pm – 2pm throughout July.

Each weatherdependent weekly concert at the amphitheatre will feature two Irish bands. Acts already confirmed include popular folk duo Cry Monster Cry, Travis Oaks, Third Smoke, Rob Walsh, O Sister, Sinead White, David Keenan, Elephant, Bunoscionn and The Flaws.

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interview: johnny borrell holds court on his music, career and life

Razorlight’s frontman has plenty of blunt words on fame

 Eoghan McNeill

JOHNNY Borrell, frontman of Razorlight and now Zazou, can’t quite understand the level of interest in things he’s supposedly said and things he’s supposedly done.

Of course, on the release of Razorlight’s first album, Up All Night, Borrell supposedly said that if one were to compare the band’s debut with Bob Dylan’s, it was clear that while Dylan was “making the chips”, he was “drinking champagne”.

He’s supposedly ridden a Triumph motorbike through the London home he once shared with former girlfriend Kirsten Dunst.

He was supposedly an early member of The Libertines, before being kicked out for being too unreliable for a band that counted Pete Doherty as a member.

While there’s always been a touch of the rockstar to Borrell, he just can’t understand why people are interested: “Gosh, I don’t know.

Space in newspapers has to be filled, I suppose.

“That’s the least egotistical way I can put it,” he says, speaking ahead of

his Grand Social gig on Saturday, June 20.

Last year marked the tenth anniversary of Up All Night: a record which, combined with its self-titled follow-up, lifted Borrell and band from the indie pubs of Camden to sold-out arena shows and true crossover, main--------------------------

‘For me, I’m just in a band, and we just love playing.

It makes no difference to me whether I ever sell another record. I don’t care.’

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stream success.

Along the way, Borrell became something of a divisive character.

Appearing shirtless on the front cover of Vogue in his trademark skinny white jeans, dating Hollywood A-listers, and being known as having a bit of a mouth, gave journalists an easy caricature to play with.

He says, however, that

his depiction in the press never concerned him: “When we first started, I was really excited for people to write about the band, and I remember that we had just played the Brixton Academy.

That was a real dream of mine.

“The next day, there were reviews in The Independent and The Times. One said I was ‘diminutive’; the other said ‘lanky’. Neither was right – I’m 5’10”.

“From then, I said: ‘That’s [the press] not going to be a mirror for me’.”

Following the disappointing reaction to third album, Slipway Fires, Razorlight ultimately went on hiatus, with Borrell moving to France to work on material that formed the basis of solo debut, Borrell 1.

He was joined on the record by band, Zazou, a loose collective of French musicians who wouldn’t sound out of place backing Ry Cooder, or Dr John.

On Joshua Amrit, a bouncy pop song with a Shirelles-like melody, Borrell sings: “I got the money I need; I just need a train to hop”, almost pre-empting the record’s poor commercial per-

“I’m still a part of ‘the scene’, and so I’ll give interviews and things like that. I don’t feel like I have a music career, though,” says Borrell

formance – it sold 549 copies in its first week: “If I heard someone else sing that line, I’d despise it. I had to write it, though, because it was the truth.

“I was going down the motorway in France, driving an old car that I’d fixed up. Someone was going to scrap it. I didn’t have to answer to anyone; I had no debts, no commitments, no obligations.

“It was the first time I felt like that since I was 16,” he says.

He’s brought Zazou to Ireland for a minitour that, aside from his Grand Social date, also included stops in Cork and Newbridge.

He says that he’s “completely at ease with playing and existing”, and that the continued interest in his life continues to

bemuse him: “Somehow, because I was in a band that made it big, I’m still a part of ‘the scene’, and so I’ll give interviews and things like that. I don’t feel like I have a music career, though.

“For me, I’m just in a band, and we just love playing. It makes no difference to me whether I ever sell another record. I don’t care,” says Borrell.

W hile commercial success is no longer a priority, he nevertheless enjoyed the peak of Razorlight’s fame, and the trappings it brought: “’Making it’ was a massive learning experience.

I definitely don’t look back on it negatively.

“It was like being handed a golden key that opened a lot of doors, some of which had things I enjoyed inside. Until the

age of 25 or 26, I think it’s right to not be too introspective, and just enjoy yourself.

“If at some stage, you don’t ask yourself where you’re going, you’ll flounder, though,” he says.

Borrell, now 35, with perhaps a brief, minor “flounder” behind him, is set to reform Razorlight this summer for a series of UK gigs.

He says that the proceeds will help fund a record label he’s establishing, and that he’s unlikely to get caught up in the indulgences of the band’s early days.

No more motorbikes in Hollywood stars’ living rooms: “I’ve actually got a motorbike in my living room now. I’m fixing it up; it’s in pieces. Well, it’s just a carburettor. Does that count?”

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ReelReviews

MINIONS

Not remotely despicable THE true stars of the popular Despicable Me series – the Minions – finally get their own spin-off in this fun family movie (Cert G, 91 mins). While there are about 23,784,283 of the yellow, dungaree-clad creatures, Minions has a particular focus on three of them, tracing their quest to find a supervillain worthy of their sidekick skills – cue bumbling slapstick and general hilarity for all.

spy

A clued-in comedy

Award-winning director Asif Kapadia’s film succeeds in giving more of an insight into who Amy Winehouse was

amy: shining a light on one of the biggest music icons in British history

A tribute to a lost talent  james martin

2007 brought with it a tabloid storm for Amy Winehouse. It seemed that almost every week the usual sensationalist papers were happy to print yet another intrusive front page depicting the star in the midst of obvious personal turmoil.

The most famous and unpleasant example featured pictures of her stumbling out of a night club with then husband Blake Fielder-Civil. She is bandaged and bloodied, mascara smearing her face.

Just a year after the release of her critically and commercially acclaimed second album, Back To Black, Amy Winehouse had

become a hounded, tragic figure on a road to self-destruction. Her rise from emerging jazz singer to chart topping super star was a sudden and obviously jolting one. Four years later she died of complications due to drug and alcohol abuse.

When it was announced that a feature length documentary was due to be made about the singer’s short life, there were doubts from family, friends and fans that it would simply be rehashing past intrusions on a person who famously struggled with fame.

Funded by Universal Music and given an eventual seal of approval by the Winehouse

family, the production team behind it was a factor which led to the green light for the film, Amy, to be made.

With a view to giving a more rounded and honest portrayal of who Amy Winehouse was, director Asif Kapadia and producer James Gay-Rees gathered over 2,000 hours of footage for the movie.

In a similar approach to their 2010 BAFTA winning documentary, Senna, a lot of the content featured early home recordings, interviews and archive footage.

The result is ver y personal and gripping, despite or perhaps especially given how we know it is all going to end.

A haunting moment in

the film comes early on, when a 14-year-old Amy playfully sings happy birthday to her friend.

Even then her voice displays the rich textures and seamless control of a professional jazz singer as the camera pans to her flabbergasted, almost embarrassed friends.

From there it traces an often bumpy journey to fame. In a prophetic interview early in her singing career, when asked about the path she is going down, Amy says: “I don’t think I’m going to be at all famous. I don’t think I could handle it. I would probably go mad.”

The film does succeed in giving more of an insight into who Amy

Winehouse was.

It outlines an enigmatic character that struggled with personal issues of depression and bulimia from a very early age.

One voice that has been critical of their own depiction in the movie is Amy’s father Mitch Winehouse.

He is at times portrayed as opportunistic, at one point taking his own documentary crew to an island where his daughter was in rehab and taking a break from the media.

The film’s style and technique are engaging, avoiding the standard talking heads interview style, instead choosing to concentrate on voices and footage to

tell the story.

The meticulous approach from the filmmakers also seemed to grant them the trust of some the central characters in Amy’s life. Throughout the film, voices of her closest friends and family weave in and out with personal and honest accounts. Many of those featured had, out of respect, previously shunned all press.

It’s hard to say how Amy would have felt about the movie herself, given her dislike of intense media attention.

Whether you are a fan of her music or not, Amy is a tragic, compelling, humorous and sad portrayal of an iconic talent.

MELISSA McCarthy picked a plum comic role in Spy (Cert 15A, 120 mins) where, as a former CIA analyst unexpectedly tasked with stopping bad guys with a global plan, the frumpy, unsure – and very unlikely – spy proves surprisingly capable in the field (with nobody more surprised than herself). Jason Statham sportingly sends up his tough-guy image in this amusing comedy.

the longest ride It takes you for one

LAST and least, The Longest Ride (Cert 12A, 128 mins) is another calculated tearjerker. A faded championship rodeo rider falls in love with a would-be artist, but goshdarnit, true love won’t run smooth. It takes an elderly car crash victim (Alan Alda, who takes the money and runs) and letters from his past to – well, you can work it out. The film certainly feels very long ...

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what’s cooking: making kitchen space affordable

Newmarket Kitchen has the recipe for success

Newmarket Kitchen was created to provide kitchen space to rent. It is found in Bray, 25 minutes from Dublin.

It was developed by Shane Bonner to facilitate the growth and promotion of small businesses. Newmarket Kitchen’s goal is to make it easier for producers and caterers by reducing all ordinary start-up costs and risks that they encounter. Simply, we’re a gym for small food businesses. We provide a fully serviced kitchen for small scale food producers to make their products. Newmarket Kitchen lowers the barriers to entry for food businesses in order to catalyse the growth of small business, jobs, and culture. We provide the space for production and opportunities for revenues. Our mantra is Join, Grow, Gain. As a result the businesses can concentrate on their primary objective – quality food production and brand development.

How long have you been business?

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What do you offer your clients that differs from your competitors?

We add value to all businesses at Newmarket Kitchen. We do this by cutting their costs and driving their revenues.

We cut costs by making kitchen space affordable. We drive revenues by getting producers to market.

What is your ambition for the business?

We want to grow for three main objectives: 1) to expand/replicate

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To facilitate this we’re hoping to secure grant support. We’re proving what we’re about and we’ve got this far remarkably without much help.

Time to push on.

What led you to starting your business?

Newmarket Kitchen was founded by Shane Bonner in 2014. At the time, Shane was work-

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It soon became apparent that not only was space in Dublin hard to find, existing space was deemed unsuitable. Dave needed the kitchen for only a few days a week.

High rents, compounded by costs for unused facility overheads made the existing options prohibitive Some kind of light bulb went off that day and Shane decided he was going to build his own kitchen to house all these great folks with awesome products.

Newmarket Kithcen customers: Tristan Hand and Andrew Wade of Simple Nutrition, Jennifer Ryan of Priya’s Kitchen (Indian cuisine) and Carol and Ann-Marie Curran (Hazlet Ireland)

Newmarket Kitchen was founded by Shane Bonner (inset) in 2014 and offers platform for providing a low-cost, low-risk, full-service kitchen for local businesses to grow and establish their operations

How did you raise the start-up funds you needed?

LEO Dublin City provided €1,500 in feasibility grant assistance last year. Since then we’ve created the most ideal facility off our own back and have since managed to create 10 jobs. Just imagine what we could do with some funding support.

complicated and overinterpreted.

What’s left is a myriad of regulation and guidance that fails to serve the purpose it exists for.

That and not budgeting enough for marketing/ branding.

What was the best piece of business advice you ever got?

Just go out, innovate and create.

What was the most significant lesson you learned in starting your business?

Don’t take on debt with a financial institution and avoid direct debits where at all possible. Be in control of your cashflow timings. Be prepared to be broke all the time and budget way more than you think for marketing.

Can you recommend a good time management technique for other entrepreneurs out there?

Lists, lists, lists – what g e t s me a s ur e d g e t s done!!, right? After that you can start thinking of ways of prioritising those lists. I use highlighters or colour code in Excel.

Get to a stage where you can start thinking about performance management. When you do – it’ll mean you’re definitely in control of your time.

What have been the biggest challenges in your business to date?

There exists a lot of regulation in Ireland – regulation comes from the EU. But, somewhere along the way it is over-

What advice would you give aspiring entrepreneurs thinking of start-

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See what’s trending and go for it. Look to the US/UK/Germany.

What’s your website?

Tell us your address. w w w. n e w m a r k e t kitchen.ie Do you have a Facebook page? Let us know what it is.

Newmarket Kitchen Are you on Twitter?

Share your profile if you like. @NewmarktKitchen (the first “e” is dropped because the wording was too long – same with Instagram) How has LEO Wicklow helped you and/or your business?

Louise has promised me referrals – and if she doesn’t I’m calling back to Wicklow LEO. If you could start up all over again, would you do anything differently?

No regrets – what’s the point. Keep looking forward.

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Yoga Nidra – The Yoga of Sleep – is just one yoga type that could be best for you

A holistic approach to health

Anti-gravity yoga could be just the thing to release your daily stresses and any physical tensions

fitness: anti-gravity exercises impress

Suspend disbelief and try this yoga  Suzanne Sheehy

RUNNING may be my passion but I’m no stranger to yoga and all its benefits.

It’s a great help with my athletic performance, although I’m an inconsistent practitioner – starting and stopping, so that in the long run the results are poor.

Regularly, I have to begin again with tight hamstrings, a weak core and poor stability.

So, mid-way through the year, I’m recommitting to my New Year resolution and am determined yoga will be a regular fixture in my weekly timetable.

Recently, I tried out anti-gravity yoga, the brainchild of acrobat and gymnast Christopher Harrison. He guarantees: “If one can suspend their disbelief, I can bring them to better health and less pain, increase their physi-

cal height and allow them to feel the joy of flying in just one class.”

Anti-gravity yoga combines traditional yoga poses, pilates and dance with the use of a hammock.

Gwyneth Paltrow raves about it, so I just had to try it – getting one step closer to achieving her dream body.

At Yoga4all Studios, Airside Enterprise Centre, Swords, instructor Suzanne Kenny specialises in teaching anti-gravity, flow/vinyasa, sports and pregnancy yoga classes.

All I needed was a mat, water, towel and an open mind.

Based on my current fitness levels, I joined the advanced class. Guided

by Kenny, I eased into many poses, such as the standing sun salutation which mobilises and hydrates the joints, and the simple inversion.

The release of pressure

in my back was instant, and something I have never felt before. I could have hung around like this for a while longer.

Kenny explained the physical benefits of antigravity yoga: “The greatest advantage are zerocompression inversions from the base of the spine.

Hanging upside down not only decompresses the spinal column, but also refreshes the circulatory system, the endocrine system and releases endorphins [happy hormones].”

The class included strength conditioning and flexibility training intermixed with swinging poses while fully supported by the AntiGravity Hammock.

We completed the session with a heavenly floating sivasana, in which I felt complete rest – a great way to end a class before rushing out the door and back to the real world.

Between concentrating on my breathing, connecting my mind and my body and not thinking of the outside world, I hardly saw the time go by and felt I got a real workout.

I learned to trust my body more and believe in what it can achieve. Even though I felt a little awkward getting into more challenging poses for the first time, I left feeling successful and, happily, a little taller.

As Kenny says: “The spine contracts and expands up to three quarters of an inch per day.”

But, as always, the key to good workout results is regular practice – always easier when one is having fun. So I’m determined this time round to continue anti-gravity yoga – why not share my personal challenge and feel the stretch too?

For further information, see www.yoga4all.ie.

FOR those looking to get into yoga, anti-gravity yoga (see main feature, left) is not the only choice – many types of yoga and meditation classes exist, and it can be difficult to figure out which one suits you best.

Before you commit time and money and time, GazetteHealth has done a little research and identified three classes, which could include the one for you!

All classes are available at Dublin Holistic Centre, South William Street, Dublin 2; telephone 01 633 0063.

Yoga Nidra – The Yoga of Sleep Yoga nidra is a guided meditation for when you’re lying down. Using visualisation, breath awareness and rotation of consciousness throughout the body, the teacher’s voice gently guides the mind, body

and emotions through the practice ... and into deep rest and relaxation.

Classes involve gentle stretching and deep breathing techniques as a prelude.

Suitable for any time of life, yoga nidra can: Reduce stress, tiredness and anxiety; Speed up recovery from injury/illness; Calm, energise and harmonise the mind and emotions.

Qi Gong Qi Gong is a Chinese meditative practice which uses slow graceful movements, breathing techniques, visualisation, and meditation to cleanse, strengthen and circulate the life energy (qi) within the human body, and enhance a practitioner’s overall health.

Qi Gong is suitable for all ages and it helps to:

Gain strength, improve health and reverse a disease; Gain skill working with qi, to become a healer; Have a meaningful connection with nature and the universe.

Scaravelli Yoga This form of yoga emerged from the personal practice of yoga pioneer Vanda Scaravelli. Now further into her later years, Scaravelli’s approach to yoga explores how gravity and breath work together, releasing the spine, bringing ease of movement to the whole body.

Scaravelli Yoga is suitable for mature practitioners with its slow, creative, mindful approach to the exercise.

It benefits the entire body, the release of tension, tightness, posture correction and lower back pain.

Malahide people lost 456 stone THE people of Malahide are taking a stand against the obesity epidemic and are making changes to their diet to help them lose weight and improve their health.

Obesity is a major health concern in Ireland, as one in five Irish adults are now obese. It contributes to a range of health issues, including diabetes and heart disease.

In the two Malahide Slimming World groups, the members lost a staggering 456 stone in 2014, and their consultants, Niamh and Fiona, are on course to help them increase this amount for 2015.

Niamh says faddy diets are not the

answer when trying to lose weight: “Lots of people start diets with the best of intentions, but after a week or two, many of them have given up, defeated by hunger, boredom or feelings of deprivation.

“I want people to know that losing weight doesn’t have to be that way.”

To join either Niamh or Fiona’s Slimming World group, just pop along to the Parish Centre (at St Sylvester’s Church) on Thursday, or St Sylvester’s Infant School on Wednesday, at 5.30pm or 7.30pm.

For further information, call Niamh at 086 313 6945, or Fiona at 087 190 1559.

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FastSport Giant game heralds big game launch: CRICKET Ireland saw over 60 schoolchildren take part in a giant game last Thursday to officially launch Ireland’s OneDay International clash with 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup winners Australia, which takes place on Thursday, August 27 at Stormont.

Australia, currently the number one ranked side in the one-day format of the game, have played some memorable encounters in Ireland over the years, and fast bowler Craig Young is looking forward to Ireland mixing it with the world’s best once again on home soil, “As a player these are the fixtures you thrive on.

Australia have visited on a few occasions now, but this will be my first time playing against them.

In order to see The Boys in Green take on Australia you can purchase tickets through the usual channels including the Cricket Ireland website www. cricketireland.ie.

sailing: biennial event in dun laoghaire the biggest on irish calendar

Regatta returns to town  sport@dublingazette.com

T H E c o u n t d ow n i s on to Ireland’s biggest sailing event, the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, which takes place from Thursday, July 9 to 12.

Dublin Bay will host

four days of racing in tandem with a fantastic festival atmosphere across the waterfront and Dun Laoghaire town as four sailing clubs – Dun Laoghaire Mo t o r Ya c h t C l u b , Royal Irish Yacht Club,

Royal St George Yacht Club and National Yacht Club – 400 boats and 2,500 competitors come together for the biennial event.

T he bay a nd surrounding area will be a hive of activity for

There will be top quality racing throughout the four-day event

Dublin Bay will welcome up to 400 boats for the regatta

the sixth staging of this event and there will be plenty of action out on the water across 29 different classes racing on eight different race course areas in Dublin Bay and Howth.

The quality of sailing will be extremely high with some of the country’s top class sailors taking part including Olympian Annalise Murphy and Dave Cullen who will skipper CheckMate XV in the IRC II class, which was the overall winner in the 2013 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta.

There are boats travelling from all over the country as well as a large number from overseas and they will be fighting it out for top

position in their classes across the four days.

There will also be lots of entertainment for those on land including live music from the Hit Machine Drummers, St Maur’s Pipe Band and one of Ireland’s best family entertainers, the Great Gazpacho.

Speaking about the upcoming event, Tim Goodbody, 2015 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta chairman said: “We are really looking forward to kicking off our festivities on July 9 and welcoming all our 2,500 participants, both Irish and international.

“We have been working towards this event ever since the last one finished in 2013 and we have no doubt that

this year will be just as successful. We are also confident that the regatta will bring in a significant amount to the local economy. Using the standard tourism formula, the four-day event is expected to bring in €150,000 per day and €600,000 overall.”

Adrian Yeates, managing director, Volvo Car Ireland added: “It is wonderful to see Dun Laoghaire and Dublin Bay light up over an exciting four days of racing and we wish all participants the very best of luck.”

For more information seewww.dlregatta.org or find Dun Laoghaire Regatta on Facebook and Twitter.

Raheny and Shelbourne set to amalgamate for 2015-16  sport@dublingazette.com

Raheny celebrate their national cup success

GIRLS’ and women’s soccer in Dublin and the rest of the country could be set to go under a period of dominance following the announcement that Raheny United and Shelbourne Ladies have merged to form Shelbourne Ladies FC. The merger sees Raheny, one of the successful senior sides in the country, link up with one of the most successful and well developed under-age sections in girls’ football in Ireland in the form of Shels. Both clubs were lacking in

the other one’s strengths which does suggest it is a perfect move.

The new club will compete in the 2015-16 Continental Tyres Women’s National League as well as at underage levels in the coming months.

A spokesman for Shelbourne Ladies FC added: “We at Shelbourne are delighted with the merger with former National League side Raheny United and we would like to give a warm welcome to all the players and officials making the transition from Raheny to our newly formed club. We can now at Shelbourne

offer our young players a completed pathway in which they can develop and progress from underage football right through to the top tier of women’s football in a safe and secure environment where players can happily mature at their own pace. We are currently the biggest girls’ football club in the country with over 150 girls playing and training every week and this merger of two of the biggest clubs in women’s football can only improve standards across the board. We see this as a major development in women’s football in Ireland and these are,

no doubt, very exciting times ahead for us all.”

Fran Gavin, director of the Continental Tyres Women’s National League, said: “I would like to welcome the merger between Raheny United and Shelbourne Ladies.

“The amalgamation of one of the country’s top senior women’s clubs with one of the top junior and under-age clubs is a positive development as it will give young players a clear and structured pathway into elite football and ultimately assist the development of women’s football in Ireland.”

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Final on the horizon for Regions Cup side With wins over Ankara and South Moravia, Gerry Smith’s Irish amateur team reached the final of the UEFA Regions Cup as Dublin hosts the marquee European event in style  nathan kelly

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THE Republic of Ireland Eastern Region booked their place in the UEFA Regions’ Cup final after making a perfect start in their opening two group games.

Gerry Smith’s amateur side played their first game of the finals last Friday night in Tallaght Stadium, taking on Ankara of Turkey.

The competition, which is being hosted in Dublin for the first time, had officially kicked off earlier in the day as Zagreb defeated Dolnoslaski 4-0 in the Carlisle Grounds in Group B, while in Ireland’s group South Moravia managed a 1-0 win over Tuzla, the Bosnian representatives.

The Eastern Region settled into Friday’s game quicker than their opponents and broke the deadlock after 27 minutes when the Turkish side failed to deal with a Kevin Lynch freekick which allowed the impressive Lar Dunne to fire the ball in again and Crumlin United’s Greg Moorehouse powered a header past the keeper.

Long-serving centrehalf Paul Breen almost added a second minutes later but his header flew just wide of the mark.

Ireland doubled their lead just seconds before the break when pacy winger Jimmy Carr was tripped inside the box.

Sheriff YC midfielder and FAI Junior International of the Year Darren Dunne assumed responsibility and sent

Republic of Ireland amateur manager Gerry Smith

the keeper the wrong way from the spot.

Ankara came into the game a little more in the second half but the Irish side remained solid throughout to register a win and a clean sheet in their opening game.

Just two days later, Smith’s side took on South Moravia from the Czech Republic again in Tallaght Stadium.

With both games winning their opening ties, this game was set to play a big role in who would be playing in Saturday’s final.

Again, Smith’s side registered a 2-0 win with goals either side of the break which secured their place in Saturday’s final in Tallaght with one group game to spare. Again, it was a cagey enough open-

ing, which was broken after 22 minutes when Crumlin United’s James Lee was brought down in the box. Dunne again stepped up and despite having his initial effort saved, smashed in the rebound to make it two goals in two games for the midfield dynamo.

cal effort to get through these games. It means I can rest a few players on Wednesday and give some of the other squad members a run.”

After two wins from two, Smith was asked if there is anything in particular his side needed to work on before the final.

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‘It’s fantastic for Irish football to reach a UEFA final. I am proud of the staff for the work they put in’ - Gerry Smith --------------------------------------------------------

Dunne then turned provider for Ireland’s second just after the hour mark when his corner picked out Tipperary defender Breen and his header flew past David Juran into the top corner. Despite some late pressure from Moravia, Ireland held on and can now look forward to UEFA Regions Cup final on Saturday afternoon.

“I am very proud of all the players and the staff for the work that was put in. It is fantastic for Irish football to reach a UEFA final,” Smith said afterwards.

“We did it in 2011 so two finals in four years is great and hopefully we can go one better than we did in Portugal.

“Some of the players have played over 60 games this season so it has taken a great physi-

Well, I am trying to get [Lionel] Messi but he’s not Irish,” he said.

“So we’ll just have to deal with what we have at the moment – I’ve got Darren Dunne and that’s great for me.”

Speaking to UEFA. com after reaching the final Dunne said: “It was a tough game starting off, but they’re all tough.

We’ve got teams coming from all over Europe – they’re not just going to turn up. It’s not a holiday here. They’re here to win it. There’s no messing about.

“Your feet have to be on the ground. I’ve been around the game enough – my club have been beaten in two finals this season, so I’m not getting too ahead of myself. You have to respect your next opponents.”

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Pembroke and Merrion through to final four PEMBROKE and Merrion are the last two Dublin sides standing in cricket’s Irish Senior Cup after their respective wins over Malahide and North County at the quarter-final phase of the competition.

Pembroke made it through against Malahide at the Village thanks to a fine spell from professional Jonno Cook. He took 4 for 6 as chasing 198, Malahide collapsed from 142 for 6 to lose theor last four wickets for no runs in the space of five balls.

Robin Kelly scored a vital 59 for Pembroke as they recovered from 100 for 7 to reach 198.

Kelly shared an eighth wicket stand of 79 with Paul Lawson (23) which was to prove decisive in the final analysis.

Merrion were the day’s biggest winners as they defeated North County by 132 runs at Balrothery.

Tyrone Kane blitzed 11 fours and seven sixes in a hard-hit 107 from just 90 balls as Merrion ran up 312. Tom Stanton made an entertaining unbeaten 45 at number 10, and followed this up with 4 for 34 as County fell well short.

West Indian Test player Brenton Parchment struck a 52 ball 70, but five times winners County were dismissed for 180.

Elsewhere, Ruan Pretorious created Irish Senior Cup history by clubbing 6 sixes in an over as Waringstown beat 2013 winners Clontarf in a thrilling encounter at Castle Avenue.

Pretorious scored an unbeaten 101 from just 49 balls - his second 50 coming in just 14 balls.

Conor D’Arcy was the unfortunate bowler as Pretorius and and Greg Thompson (66 not out) shared an unbroken sixth wicket stand of 164 in 14 overs - 93 of which came off the last 24 deliveries of the innings as the NCU side finished on 316 for 5.

Clontarf were undaunted by the large target and for much of the chase were on course to overhaul it. Bill Coghlan top scored with 94 and skipper Eoghan Delany hit an unbeaten 85 as they fell an agonising six runs short.

CSNI had a four-wicket win at Rathmines against Leinster in the other tie.

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Fingal win Go for Life County game title in DCU A TEAM from Fingal won the County Award at the Go for Life Games held in the DCU. Now in its fourth year, the Go for Life Games is one of the biggest social sports events for older people in Ireland. Run by Age and Opportunity with support from the Irish Sports Council, this year the Games brought together almost 300 older players, from Donegal to Wexford to compete, to stay healthy and to have fun.

“It was a great event. I would encourage everybody to get out and get active.” said John Bennett from the team.

What began as a one-day event in 2012 is now a year-round competition, with older groups training, practising and competing in leagues and friendlies across Ireland.

And this number is growing all of the time, as new counties come on board. The competing teams this year were from: Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin City, Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown, Fingal, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Mayo, Meath, Offaly, Roscommon, South Dublin, Tipperary North, Tipperary South, Waterford, Westmeath and Wexford. It is hoped that, by 2016, there will be teams from every county in Ireland.

The games themselves are devised specifically for Go for Life. Lobbers is a target game adapted from petanque and boules; Scidils is a two-sided adaptation of 10-pin bowling but using two skittles; Flisk is adapting from boccia and horseshoe pitching.

These games, with clear rules and scoring systems, can be played and practiced by all no matter what level of sporting ability.

Mary Harkin, head of sport and physical activity in age and opportunity, was delighted with the great response on the day: “We are always hearing in the media about older people not getting enough exercise.

“When you see the kind of energy and enthusiasm that the Games inspire, you can see that older people can continue to live very healthy, active lives at any age.”

athletics: malahide finish second overall in dublin

Malahide’s Alex Devitt, Matthew Riordan, Shane Patterson, Sean Ennis and Sam Smith celebrate their four by 100m relay success

Seven bound for nationals  sport@dublingazette.com

DESPITE holding no trials, Malahide produced a series of superb results at the recent Dublin Community Games finals, winning seven gold medals along with three silver, three bronze and two fourth place medals.

The group had initially planned its trials for early May at Malahide rugby club, as it had done for the past four years, but heavy rain saw that date forced to be cancelled at short notice.

A second date was not possible before the May 22 deadline, meaning

the group had to select runners and relay teams despite not holding those trials.

In spite of these trying times, the area was one of the standout performers at the event with seven athletes qualifying for the national finals in Athlone next August.

Among the gold winners were, in the Under-8 boys 80m sprint, Ciaran Peacock, Wilhelm de Klerk (Under-12 boys ball throw), Ronan Patterson (Under-14 400m) and the four by 100m relay teams of Sam Smith, Matthew Riordan , Alex Devitt and Ronan Pat-

road to rio 2016 McKee helps Ireland earn Paralympic place Swords Manor’s Carl McKee, far left front row, was part of the Irish side that secured their place at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games at the Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships last week in England.

Gerard Glynn’s side took sixth place overall at the Championships held at St George’s Park, but got what they went over for by securing a much coveted place in Rio having missed out on qualification for London 2012.

terson. At Under-16 level, Cian McLoughlin (100m sprint) was a dual winner, landing an individual title while he also helped the four by 200m mixed relay team to gold, joining Orla Kavanagh, Lauren Devitt and Luke Hughes.

On the girls’ side, Kavanagh won the Under16 girls 200m sprint.

They were backed up by silver medallists Katie Clifford (Under12 turbo javelin), Aoife McLoughney (Under-14 long puck) and Binyam Keegan (Undeer-14 80m Hurdles). Bronze went to Abby McCabe (Under12 ball throw), Mat-

thew Riordan (Under-14 80 hurdles) and to the Under-13 four by 100m mixed relay team of Lara Nolan, Blaise Carroll, John Paul Shanley and Sean Flynn.

Fourth place medals were also awarded to Ronan Hickey in the Under-8 80m and the Under-16 girls relay team of Isobel Foran, Zara Kearney, Maeve Patterson and Kate Joyce.

It all helped to give Malahide second place overall in the Dublin community games athletics overall performance, coming in behind the always competitive

Navan Road.

Malahide also have two basketball teams who will be representing Dublin in the Community Games Leinster semi-finals and finals on July 4.

They are the mixed Under-11 team and the boys Under-16 team. If they win, they will go on to represent their province at the All-Ireland Community Games Finals in Athlone on the August 22 and 23.

It would provide a superb send-off for the group’s secretary Una Deneher who has been involved for the past 10 years.

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dublin talks Every percent matters for Cahill and Cullen

Club Noticeboard fingallians

former Dublin stars Barry Cahill and

Bryan Cullen, pictured, were on hand for a live discussion last Friday night in the Milestone pub in Balbriggan ahead of the Dublin versus Meath Leinster senior football championship semi-final.

The event was hosted by Bavaria 0.0% with comedian Eric Lalor and 98fm sports presenter Stephen Doyle with audience participation and prize giveaways.

ONE week to go to Summer Camps

(AHL8) v Realt Dearg. They are kids no

2015: application forms are in the bar

more as they secured a great victory.

each evening.

Well done guys.

It is a football camp for both boys

GAA Uachtaran, Aogan O Fearghail

and girls from age four to 13, starting

will visit the club on the morning of

at 10am on Monday, July 6 until Friday,

Saturday, July 25 between 10am and

July 10 at 2pm. Further info is available

12 noon to formally open our new

from our GPO, Nicola.fitzgerald.gpo.

upgraded all weather pitch. Anybody

dublin@gaa.ie

wishing to help with the visit can con-

Congratulations to the Dublin footballers as they marched on to their

football: gavin praises all round performance

tact Aidan Scully at fingallians@gmail. com.

tenth Leinster final in 11 years. Good

Our kids aged four to seven finished

luck to the senior hurlers as they

their season on Saturday morning

meet Laois in Portlaoise next Satur-

with their final training session and a

day evening at 7pm.

small party. They will resume in mid-

Our minor hurlers play Kilkenny

September. A big thank you to Emer

next Sunday in Croker in the Leinster

and Aoife who turned up with their All

semi-final prior to the senior decider.

Ireland Cup.

The future is bright with our young-

Our senior ladies remain unbeaten

er hurlers and it was great to see so

in their championship with a group

many of them progressing to play

victory, in style over Na Fianna (2014

in the adult leagues during the week

champions) last Wednesday evening.

st finian’s

Fingallians’ Paul Flynn

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THE Dublin senior footballers remain on course for a tenth Leinster Championship win in 11 years after they ruthlessly obliterated Kildare in Croke Park last Sunday in the provincial semi-final.

Once again, Fingallians’ Paul Flynn played a key role while Fingal Ravens’ Darren Daly made a late appearance as a substitute.

A 19-point margin of 5-18 to 0-14 allowed the Dublin machine to keep rolling in Leinster and set up a final against Westmeath next Sunday,

who made history themselves on the day, beating rivals Meath in the senior championship for the first time ever.

Dublin manager Jim Gavin was full of high praise for his side after the Croke Park mauling of the Lilywhites. “I thought it was an all-round good performance,” he said.

“There was very good industry, great work-rate throughout the team, we held our discipline throughout.

“Defensively we were solid, with good structure, and to get 4-14 from play was pleasing. Overall, a good day at the office

but we prepared very diligently for it over the past four weeks and we knew we had to turn up today to get a performance.”

Much has been made in recent times of Dublin’s dominance in Leinster, and many will expect Gavin’s side to beat Westmeath quite comfortably in next Sunday’s final. But the Round Tower, Clondalkin club man relayed the need for focus despite carrying the favourites tag whenever they play in Leinster.

“We could have faced defeat today if we decided not to show up,” he said.

“It’s a matter for ourselves

to prepare the best that we can, that’s all we can do. There are no guarantees. If the mindset wasn’t good today, we couldn’t have come away with the result.”

With that said, the Dublin boss will ensure his players make no assumptions going into the final.

“To get a performance there’s a certain process we need to go through,” he added.

“You saw the end product on the park today.

Behind that goes a lot of hard work by the players.

They’re very ambitious and understand that it’s all about the next game.”

IT WAS a good week for the adult

places cannot be guaranteed. On-

hurlers in the club, with both teams

line registration can be completed

recording wins. The Junior B team

through the club’s website home page

had a win against Realt Dearg on last

(www.stfinians.com), or by complet-

Thursday, keeping their good form for

ing the registration form (attached)

the season going.

and returning it to the office.

The Junior A team had a good win

We have been offered a space to sell

in midweek over St Vincent’s and fol-

our Lotto tickets in Boroimhe Shop-

lowed up with a win over Trinity Gaels

ping Centre next Saturday, July 4

on Saturday evening. Well done all.

from 11am to 6pm. This is an important

Our Under 10 boys went on there

opportunity to raise funds for the club

mid-year trip to Croke Park yester-

and it requires volunteers to do one

day. They visited the museum and

hour each at the desk. We need some

then went to the Dublin v Kildare game,

volunteers to fill all the slots so please

where they were treated to a feast of

contact Grace Murray on 087 265 9400,

beautiful football.

as soon as possible, if you can spare

The bookings for the Summer Camps

an hour for the Club on Saturday.

are coming in thick and fast. It’s vital

The lotto jackpot was €3,700 this

for planning purposes to complete

week and the numbers drawn were

the booking process for the Kelloggs

9, 11, 12, 14. There was no jackpot win-

Cúl camp early this week. Otherwise

ner.

fingal ravens IT WAS with great sadness last week

for honouring Declan at the Dublin v

that we said farewell to our club chair-

Kildare match last Sunday.

man Declan O’Brien. The Trojan work

It was a fitting tribute to a man who

he did for our club will never be forgot-

dedicated 28 years of his life to the

ten.

running of our club.

We pass on the condolences from

We would like to also thank our local

all in the club to his wife Trudy and

GAA community for their help and

children Keira, Niamh and Lorcan,

comforting words during this sad

grandchild Ciaran, son in law Gordon,

time.

mother Joan, sister Carmel, brothers

Congratulations to Darren Daly and

in law, sisters in law, nephews, nieces,

Dublin on their semi-final win. Good

relatives and friends. May he rest in

luck in the Leinster final.

eternal peace.

There was no winner of this week’s

Thank you to all our members and

lotto. Numbers drawn were 2, 14, 30

friends for ensuring that Declan

and 33; €20 to John McCarthy, Larry

received the farewell he deserved. We

Newman and K Kinsella. Next week’s

would like to thank the county board

jackpot is €15,735. Good luck.

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